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On the morning of September 3rd, 1928, he was having a clear up of his cluttered laboratory. he was sorting through a number of glass plates which had previously been coated with bacteria as part of his research, one of the plates had mould on it. The mould was in the shape of a ring and the area around the ring seemed to be free of the bacteria. The mould was penicillium notatum.
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∙ 10y agoAlexander Fleming played no significant part in the development of penicillin. He discovered the penicillium fungi's antibiotic properties.
The development of penicillin for medicine began about ten years after his discovery and was done by Howard Florey, Ernst Chain and Norman Heatley.
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What is the nationalities of the three men that created penicilin?
They were British. They did not create the penicillin. It was discovered by Sir Alexander Fleming. Chan and Flory worked on the discovery.
Did Alexander Fleming find it hard to create penicillin?
Because it was excreted too quickly by the human body, which reduced its ability to kill the bacteria.
Why did Alexander Fleming call the first anitibiotic penicillin?
Fleming stumbled across the Penicillium bacterium by accident; he didn't mean to create the drug. When he discovered that the mold could kill other bacteria in a Petri dish, he wondered if the same could happen inside the human body, and started experimenting until he came up with penicillin. Now, penicillin is one of the most widely-used antibiotics.The drug was named after the mold it comes from, Penicillium. The mold looks like a brush under the microscope, and "penicillus" means "small brush" in Latin.
Which famous spy did Ian Fleming create?
Ian Fleming is the creator of the famous spy James Bond
Is mold a drug?
Mold can be used to create drugs such as penicillin.
What famous fictional character did ian Fleming create?
James bond
When did Sir Sandford Fleming create time zones?
iin 1879
How long did it take exactly for Alexander to create the telephone?
It took Alexander about 6 years to create a telephone
Who did create James Bond?
Ian Fleming. Rumor has it that the character was based on himself.
What did Alexander Eiffel create and where is it located?
Alexander created the Eiffel tower in Paris.
What era did Alexander the great create?
Alexander the Great created the Hellenistic era
Who is the inventor of vacuum tubes?
Sir John Ambrose Fleming patented the thermionic diode in 1904. Then Lee DeForest put a control grid into it to create the triode in 1906.
